Top Chess Players in Russia

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2729 | #19

O GM Ian Nepomniachtchi ("Nepo" na forma abreviada) é um super grande mestre russo que venceu duas vezes o Torneio de Candidatos para disputar o Campeonato Mundial. Após vencer o Torneio de Candidatos de 2020-21, ele desafiou o GM Magnus Carlsen pelo Campeonato Mundial de 2021 e perdeu...

GM Andrey Esipenko 2684 | #38

Andrey Esipenko é um grande mestre russo. Ele venceu o Campeonato Europeu Sub-10 de Xadrez em 2012. Em 2017, conquistou o Campeonato Europeu Sub-16 e o Campeonato Mundial Sub-16. No Tata Steel de 2021, aos 18 anos, derrotou o campeão mundial Magnus Carlsen em seu primeiro confronto, tornando-se...

GM Daniil Dubov 2654 | #53

Daniil Dubov is a Russian grandmaster and world-class player. He finished tied for first place in the 2015 Aeroflot Open and broke onto the international chess scene when he won third place at the 2016 World Blitz Championship. Dubov was one of World Champion Magnus Carlsen's seconds for the 2018 World...

GM Ernesto Inarkiev

Ernesto Inarkiev is a Russian grandmaster who won the 2016 European Individual Chess Championship. Earlier in his career, he was European U16 Champion (2001) and Russian Junior (under-20) Champion (2002). Inarkiev earned his GM title in 2002, becoming the first-ever from Kalmykia, a republic of Russia....

GM Alexander Morozevich 2653 | #54

GM Alexander Morozevich is one of only a few chess players who can claim to have been the world’s number-two player. In July 2008, his rating of 2788 put him second behind only GM Viswanathan Anand and also made Morozevich Russia’s number-one player. Twice, in 1998 and 2007, he won...

GM Vladislav Artemiev 2641 | #67

Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev is undoubtedly one of the best young chess players. Ranked fourth in the world for all players age 25 and younger at the time of publishing, the 22-year-old and former prodigy broke into the upper echelon of elite chess in 2019 when in June he became one of the top-10 ranked...

GM Alexander Grischuk 2641 | #67

Alexander Grischuk é um super grande mestre russo que faz parte da elite do xadrez mundial há muitos anos. Grischuk também é conhecido por ser um dos melhores jogadores de xadrez blitz do mundo. Ele é tricampeão mundial de blitz, o que o torna um dos dois únicos...

GM Ivan Popov

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GM Maxim Matlakov 2598 | #119

Maxim Matlakov is a Russian grandmaster and currently one of the top-15 players in his country (as of February 2021). He also acted as GM Peter Svidler's second during the Candidates Tournaments of 2013, 2014, and 2016. Matlakov won the U18 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009. That...

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2595 | #125

GM Boris Grachev

Boris Grachev is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Aleksey Dreev 2584 | #141

Aleksey Dreev is a Russian grandmaster and is currently among the top-50 players in his country (as of February 2021). Dreev was a successful young player, winning the U16 World Youth Chess Championship both in 1983 and 1984. He was also the European junior champion in 1988, a year before he became...

GM Aleksandr Shimanov

Aleksandr Shimanov is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Vladimir Potkin

Vladimir Potkin is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Dmitry Bocharov 2551 | #190

GM Nikita Afanasiev 2549 | #198

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GM Pavel Ponkratov

Pavel Ponkratov is a Russian grandmaster. He was the Russian Rapid Cup winner in 2017 and 2018. In 2020 he won the International Chess Open "Ciudad de Leon." In 2021 he won the Russian Championship Higher League and qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal for the first time in his career.  He...

GM Andrey Rychagov

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina 2536 | #225

A GM russa Aleksandra Goryachkina é uma jogadora de xadrez de elite que perdeu por pouco o Campeonato Mundial Feminino de Xadrez 2020. O match foi definido nos desempates. Ela quase conquistou a coroa mais prestigiada do xadrez feminino após dizimar sua concorrência (que incluía...

GM Valery Popov

GM Artyom Timofeev

Artyom Timofeev is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Sergey Drygalov 2530 | #236

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IM Dmitry Obolenskikh 2528 | #243

GM Mikhail Mozharov

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GM Dmitry Kokarev 2523 | #255